Re: OT: Shaq and Columbia River HS Kid Very nice! I didnt think anyone would pick up on that. Social D, best band ever IMO.
Re: OT: Shaq and Columbia River HS Kid I didn't want to be a ball and chain and drag the thread to an end too early.
For all of you who keep embarrassing yourselves by calling Shaq a dick http://www.oregonlive.com/nba/index.ssf/2009/03/the_true_meaning_of_best_frien.html I think this article speaks louder than anything. I have also had the opportunity to meet Shaq through work, and he is one of the nicest people ever. 4 years after I met him he still remembered my name, and that I had 3 children. He asked about all of them and how we were doing. The world needs more peple like him. He is a big kid who loves life.
Re: For all of you who keep embarrassing yourselves by calling Shaq a dick Periodic niceness doesn't make him less of a dick. Shaq's a dick. He's always been a dick. He'll always be a dick.
Re: For all of you who keep embarrassing yourselves by calling Shaq a dick Most people have a public persona and a personal one you wouldn't know unless you met them. You guys are talking about two different Shaq's here. ebott is talking about the in your face Shaq Diesiel persona that he's made on TV after dominating the boards for 15 years and MMan is talking about the gentle giant family man that happens to be a superstar. When your that big, it's gotta be tough to be nice all the time, but I think Shaq has been cool enough to be simply called an "ass" but I don't think he truly is a dick in person.
Re: For all of you who keep embarrassing yourselves by calling Shaq a dick http://www.sportstwo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137662&highlight=Shaq Shaq's a good guy. I've always like him, just not when we are up against him.
Re: For all of you who keep embarrassing yourselves by calling Shaq a dick But he insulted Oden. He's a meanie.
Re: For all of you who keep embarrassing yourselves by calling Shaq a dick Aaah you know how it is. Folks never like it when somebody is competitive and talks a lot of junk. The thing is, most of what he has been saying hasn't really been trash talk. It's just competitive joking around, and that rubs some folks the wrong way. You know how it is in this world. You crack a joke, 50% love it. 30% hate it. 10% issue a Fatah against you for the rest of your life for saying it. 10% don't get it.
Re: For all of you who keep embarrassing yourselves by calling Shaq a dick Shaq is not a dick, he's an asshole. Just like the basketball says! all kidding aside, he was only a dick when he was on the L*kers.
Re: For all of you who keep embarrassing yourselves by calling Shaq a dick I think it's embarrasing when someone thinks that just because someone thinks a player is a dick/asshole on the court that means they think he's that way off the court.
Re: For all of you who keep embarrassing yourselves by calling Shaq a dick Get real people, if Shaq was a Blazer and was saying the stuff about he does about another team's young center we'd all be laughing and eating it up.
Re: For all of you who keep embarrassing yourselves by calling Shaq a dick I know Dennis Rodman through business associates, and have also been out drinking with him on occasion. He can be one of the nicest guys in the world and he can be one of the biggest jerks as well. I am sure Shaq has a huge heart. but it doesn't mean he can't be an asshole at times. And I do not feel embarrassed to say it. But now that I think of it, I do some pretty nice things too. And I'm a dick. LOL!
Re: For all of you who keep embarrassing yourselves by calling Shaq a dick He rammed a ball into Joel's face and could have given him a concussion. Him smiling at you doesn't erase that.
Re: For all of you who keep embarrassing yourselves by calling Shaq a dick I have no problem with what he said about Oden, that was funny. It's the Joel business I have a problem with.
Re: For all of you who keep embarrassing yourselves by calling Shaq a dick I think Shaq is great. I really wish I could understand the deal between him and Joel. It is so wierd to see them laughing at times and then getting t's the next.
the stuff he said about Oden barely registers probably because he's consistently proven to be an ass for his whole career. He's had his funny moments, but more often then not I've laughed at (not with) or rolled my eyes at his dirt poor man's Ali impression and witless ego blatherings, to the point I now largely tune it out. My real gripe with him (and this is on the league too) is how the biggest guy in the league has been allowed to make a mockery of the rules. Remember how great it was when he would elbow Sabas in the face and it would always be a foul on AS's face? And then he'd talk trash about making him cry post game? Your head is lost up your ass if you really think I'd enjoy that sort of ugly crap from my rooting interest. ...and to the OP, he's a dick on the court. If you can't separate the two, it's not us that should be embarrassed STOMP
Re: For all of you who keep embarrassing yourselves by calling Shaq a dick I don't think there is anything at all embarrassing about pointing out someone's obvious flaws. Shaq, like most people is a complex individual. You get the good with the bad. He, at times, publicity embarrasses himself with his own behavior (and I'm not even referring to his acting or "rap" careers). He can also, apparently be very kind and generous. One behavior doesn't invalidate the other. BNM
